Playing House - Softcover

Pearson, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060534370 ISBN 13: 9780060534370

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2017

Synopsis

Even in a tiny apartment, there were enough rooms for Frannie to get into trouble...

First, there was the bedroom...where it all began in such a casually romantic way.

Next, the bathroom...where things took a suspicious turn.

Finally, the living room...where she picked up the phone and prepared to break the news to the boyfriend she barely knew...

When Frannie Mackenzie got sick all over the sweater section of a major urban retailer, she couldn't quite believe that this was a reaction to gray being this year's black. So she went back to her postage-stamp-sized apartment and took inventory. Jeans tighter? Yes. Boobs bigger? Yes. And the absolute proof-positive...the stick had turned blue.

Frannie decides to give up cocktails, late nights, and anything else fun that the big city has to offer. But one thing -- or rather person -- she's not sure she's going to get to keep is the surprised father in the situation -- an experimental jazz musician with the improbable name of Calvin, who'd taken off to Europe before Frannie figured out parenthood had awkwardly united them. Falling in love was the last thing that Frannie expected, and the happiest surprise of all.

About this title

Review:

“Hilarious. Pearson’s sophisticated storytelling is not only satirical but side-splitting.” (Toronto Sun)

“A love story for real people—people who understand that “happily ever after” must be taken one day at a time.” (Elin Hilderbrand, author of The Beach Club and Nantucket Nights)

“Playing House plays the perils of parenthood like a Canuck road movie. It’s a trip.” (Toronto Star)

About the Author:

Patricia Pearson is a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors and a humor columnist for Canada's National Post. She has won several journalism awards, including one for her first book, When She Was Bad. She lives in Toronto with her husband, two children, and Kevin the Dog.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0060534370
• ISBN 13: 9780060534370
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288